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-- From the Year Book just issued by the Church of England it appears that the income which comes to it from property owned, ancient endowments, and regular Government grants amounts annually to something over 5,750,000, yet the expenses of the Church amounted last year to more than twice that sum, the difference having been made up by voluntary contributions. In commenting on this state of affairs, one of the London papers says:

May 02, 1897

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